Messiah of Evil "Blood Moon" Deluxe Limited 7" EP

LIMITED RESTOCK!!! Unreleased music from the cult 1973 horror film 'Messiah of Evil'. Practically ignored for decades, this stylish and atmospheric chiller was the debut from the American Graffiti/Howard the Duck team of Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz. Inspired by classic horror, European art films and California Pop Artist Ed Ruscha, it has a genuinely surreal and dreamlike tension which places it alongside somnambulist classics Carnival of Souls, Suspiria and Phantasm. Steadily growing in stature over the years, the film and it's soundtrack have been championed by such noted genre hounds as Stephen Thrower (author of Nightmare USA) and Zombi's Steve Moore.

One of the earliest fully electronic feature-film scores, Phillan Bishop's Moog-y mood music for Messiah of Evil is an avant garde suite of modulated shrieks, drones and pulses which whirl a discordant vortex around the bizarre on-screen images. With only three early-70's budget horror movies to his credit, this represents the first release of music by the mysterious Bishop, as well as including the haunting torch-song 'Hold on to Love' which originally played over the film's opening scene.

This release is also a tribute to the artistic vision of Messiah of Evil- with it's painted sleeve art and complex design echoing the film's distinctive visual aesthetic, extraordinary production design, and rich Techniscope cinematography. Our hope is that, with this record, you can fully immerse yourself in the haunting world of Messiah of Evil.

To properly honour this unique film, Ondes Positive have devoted themselves to creating a number of stunning Limited Edition vinyl packages for this release.

The "Blood Moon" Deluxe Limited 7" EP features:

Heavyweight 7" EP on 70 gram virgin black vinyl

Full colour oversize heavyweight card stock sleeve

Screen printed 'film logo' over-bag

Vintage-style postcard featuring full 'Messiah of Evil' painting

4-page colour booklet with extensive liner notes/fold out mini-poster

One-off edition of 200 copies

Side A01. Opening Titles02. Hold On To Love03. And No One Will Hear You Scream

Side B01. Electronic Suite

A note on the audio:With the original master tapes unavailable, every effort has been made to create the best possible release of this music using existing materials. Working from a 35mm release print, the soundtrack has been fully restoredto eliminate noise and unwanted artifacts. The available music cues were then edited and sequenced to present as much of the score as possible for this first ever release on any format.